Equiangular spiral antenna backed by a shallow cavity with absorbing strips

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 8 II, 2008, Pages 2742-2747

  Nakano, H ^a   Kikkawa, Katsuki ^a   Iitsuka, Y ^a   Yamauchi, J ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorbing strips; Cavity; Equiangular spiral; Wideband characteristics

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNAS; CAVITY RESONATORS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ABSORBING STRIPS; CAVITY; EQUIANGULAR SPIRAL; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN METHODS; SHALLOW CAVITIES; SPIRAL ANTENNAS; SPIRAL ARMS; WIDEBAND CHARACTERISTICS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 49549106852     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.927573     Document Type: Article

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